Cigarette saver



Sept. 14, 1937. R. E. COOK 2,093,309

C IGARETTE SAVER Filed Nov. 16, 1936 ATTORNEY S Patented Sept. 14, 1937PATENT OFFICE CIGARETTE SAVER Richard E. Cook, Trenton, N. J.

Application November 16, 1936, Serial No. 111,128

4 Claims.

This invention relates to cigarette savers and has for an object toprovide a novel device for saving, for future use, a partly smokedcigarette.

Often, rather than discard a partly smoked cigarette a smoker willremove the burning end with the fingers or against the side of an ashtray} Removing the burning end in this manner leaves the finger tipssoiled, smelling of burned tobacco, and also leaves the end of thecigarette blackened and charred when relighted. The charred end isbitter to the taste and unpleasant, when the user resumes smoking.

With the above disadvantages in mind the present invention provides acylinder for receiving and retaining the cigarette, the cylinder havinga novel knife attached thereto for cutting off the burned or charred endof the cigarette.

With the above and other objects in view the invention consists ofcertain novel details of construction and combinations of partshereinafter fully described and claimed, it being understood thatvarious modifications may be resorted to within the scope of theappended claims Without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any ofthe advantages of the invention.

In the accompanying drawing forming part of this specification,

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a cigarette saver, constructed inaccordance with the invention and having portions broken away.

Figure 2 is a longitudinal sectional view taken on the line 2-2 ofFigure 1.

Figure 3 is an end elevation of the rotary cap and showing the cam slotfor actuating the knife.

Figure 4 is an end elevation of the cylinder showing the knife.

Referring now to the drawing in which like 40 characters of referencedesignate similar parts in the various views, Ill designates a cylinderhaving a cylindrical bore I I of sufficient diameter to receive acigarette l2. A cap [3 is provided with cars 14 through which pins l5are passed into longitudinal slots I6 formed in the sides of thecylinder near one end thereof. The cap forms a closure for the end ofthe cylinder when the pins [5 are slid to the inner ends of the slotsis. When the pins are slid to the outer ends of the slots I 6 the capmay be rocked on the pins as an axis, as shown in Figure 1, to permitinsertion and removal of a cigarette.

The end of the cylinder opposite the cap is enlarged as shown at I! andat the extreme end is uniformly reduced to provide a cylindrical bearingsurface IS in which are located a plurality of concave notches l9.

A rotary cap 28 forms a closure for the enlarged end of the cylinder.The cap is provided with a cylindrical lip 2| adapted to loosely fit 5the cylindrical surface l8 of the cylinder. A plurality of ball stops 22are seated in radial recesses in the lip and are urged toward the axison the cap by a helical spring 23. These ball stops when seated in theconcave notches l9 detachably secure the cap to the cylinder. However,the cap may be rotated on the cylindrical surface I8, for the purpose ofcutting off the burning end of a cigarette, as will presently bedescribed, and during such rotary movement the ball stops 22 ride intoand out of the notches I9 as will be understood.

A knife 24 is mounted on the end face of the enlarged portion of thecylinder H. The knife is pivotally mounted at one end on the cylinder bymeans of a pivot screw 25 and is swingable on the screw across the borel l of the cylinder to sever the burning end of a cigarette. The i freeend of the knife is provided with a cam pin 26 which is movable radiallyin a cam slot 21 formed in the end face of the cap 20 to swing the knifethrough its cutting stroke when the cap 20 is rotated.

A push rod 28 is mounted in an axial opening 29 formed in the cap 20 andis equipped with a disc head 30, formed preferably of insulatingmaterial, for ejecting the severed burning end of a cigarette after thecap 20 is removed from the cylinder subsequent to the cutting operation.A helical expansion spring 3| is sleeved on the push rod to return thepush rod to neutral position after each actuation.

A pair of oppositely disposed longitudinal slots 32 are formed in thecylinder I0. These slots permit the smoker to insert the tips of theforefinger 40 and thumb against a cigarette to frictionally engage thesame and assist in removing the cigarette from the cylinder. However,but one slot may be utilized, or when desired the cigarette may beremoved by simply inverting the cylinder 45 so that the cigarette willdrop out by gravity.

In operation the hinged cap I3 is swung to a position laterally of thecylinder Ill and the. burning cigarette is inserted endwise, with theburning end first, in the cylinder. The burning end of the cigarettewill be received in the rotary cap 20. The cap l3 may now be swung backto close the cylinder in rear of the cigarette whereupon the rotary cap29 may be rotated through an arc of about degrees to cause the cuttingedge of the knife 24 to shear off the burned end of the cigarette. Therotary cap 20 may now be pulled off to allow the cut off portion of thecigarette to drop out. The cap 20 may now be replaced to form a closurefor the cylinder in front of the cigarette so that the cigarette ishoused in the cylinder until such time as the smoker desires to againlight the cigarette.

From the. above description it is thought that the construction andoperation of the invention will be fully understood without furtherexplana tion.

What is claimed is:

1. A cigarette saver comprising a cylinder for receiving and retaining acigarette, a cap detachably and rotatably mounted on one end of thecylinder, and a knife carried by the cylinder and connected to the capwhereby rotation of the cap swings the knife across the bore of thecylinder to cut off the burned or charred end of the cigarette.

2. A cigarette saver comprising a cylinder for receiving and retaining acigarette, a closure for one end of the cylinder, a closure for theopposite end of the cylinder, means for detachably and rotatablymounting the last named closure on the cylinder, and a knife between thelast named closure and the cylinder and connected to the closure. forrotary movement as a unit therewith to cut oflf the burned or charredend of a cigarette.

3. A cigarette saver comprising a cylinder for receiving and retaining acigarette, a bearing surface on one end of the cylinder, a cap having anannular lip rotatably engaging the bearing surface, yielding stop meansbetween the lip and the bearing surface removably securing the. cap tothe cylinder while permitting rotation of the cap on the cylinder, and aknife assembled with the cylinder and connected to the cap to be movedby rotation of the cap across the bore of the cylinder to cut off theburned or charred end of a cigarette.

4. A cigarette saver comprising a cylinder for receiving and retaining acigarette, a cap rotatably and removably mounted on one end of thecylinder, a radially disposed slot in the cap forming a cam device, ablade pivoted at one end in the cylinder, and a projection on the otherend of the blade engaged in said slot and moving the blade across thebore of the cylinder when the cap is rotated on the cylinder to cut ofithe burned or charred end of a cigarette.

RICHARD E. COOK.

